2009-03-18, 10:34 | Link #842 |
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North-American, you mean, right?
At least, as far as I know, the country of The United States of America does not represent the whole of said continent, nor does its citizenship implicates the sole affirmation of what it is to be an American. I mean, the continent itself is subdivided in three sections, after all...
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2009-03-18, 11:52 | Link #846 | |
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2009-03-18, 12:16 | Link #847 | |
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If the GGP wanted to flush Rin out of hiding there is an easier way to do it then attacking her friends. First of all they already have her brother thats another way to get her moving lure her into a trap by revealing the location that hes being held at. The other way is get a hold of Rins closest immediate family member besides her brother and that would be her Grandmother. There are too many holes for the GGP to have planned this after all they only started looking around because they heard the protesters shouting the "Rideback Shoujo is here with us" they saw the only girl on a Rideback in a Yellow suit and assumed it was her. To make matters worse Suzuri ran. What it seems like to me the low level field officers never saw the picture of Rin and as a precaution moved to take custody of her just encase.
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2009-03-18, 13:51 | Link #848 | |
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Perhaps in the GGP view (as narrow a view as it is), but she couldn't "run" that much more slowly. Maybe it was the OJ Simpson slow-speed-chase technique?
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2009-03-18, 14:06 | Link #849 | |
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Personally, as a citizen of the USA - I'm fine with USian or USAian As for the episode.... whoa, that was unexpected, tragic, and unfortunately a standard motif in many "coming of age" stories (kill a friend or mentor to drill the gravity of the situation into the protagonist).
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2009-03-18, 15:05 | Link #850 | |
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And if you say you're an American most foreigners will ask which State you're from if they know about us. They won't ask "Are you from South America or Canada?"
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2009-03-18, 15:06 | Link #851 | |
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But, uh, to everyone, we should probably leave the "American" stuff for another time and place. |
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2009-03-18, 18:05 | Link #853 |
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First of all, can everyone stop the USA bashing. It really is ugly, and takes away from enjoying talking about a great anime.
Regarding the GGP. It's a cruel, totalitarian dictatorship. Much like North Korea, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, and many other countries. And one of the storypoints I'm enjoying is how Rin could live a full happy life full of optimism under that kind of strict rule. As long as she stayed within her small little world. Much like real life, a inhumane govt doesn't treat EVERYONE cruelly at all times. It's possible to lead a happy life within even the most cruel countries. It's just when you touch the boundaries of your freedoms that's when the govt shows how inhumane and cruel it is. I think Suzuri represented a part of Rin. Suzuri stood for the child in Rin. The happy, carefree, naive part of Rin. The part that could just find joy and laugh and be adventurous. And silly. but now that Rin has become noticed by the GGP, she can't be a child anymore. And that's what the story showed us, in brutal detail... |
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2009-03-18, 19:25 | Link #856 | |||
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It's nothing like N.Korea or Iraq. It's a bigger international stage at play here, a global government overseeing the individual countries' government. It's not about invasion and war. It's about tactical strikes and stealth warfare. Diplomacy is the key. Establish pacts, agreements and memorandum of understanding under the backdrop of military strength. Let the countries' governments stay and do the administrative work, and the global government will lead the way. It's unfortunate that the base of the superstate which GGP attacked is in Arizona (where else do you find Arizona?), and the GGP leader portrayed in the series is a Russian. It's all too suggestive for conspiracy theorists. Quote:
The strict rule, with all the suppression and fear, is only just starting. GGP's victory was only recent history. The breakaways from the main party, namely Kiefer and Okakura, are still alive. The White Riders have only just been introduced. Protests have only just begun. The strict rule that you envisioned would take place maybe another 20 years down the road, when GGP's victory is all but legend, the comrades of Romanov are all but dead, and the city has permanent GGP blockade with White Riders and remote surveillence cameras all around. Quote:
Rin is also very aware of her surroundings, and much more so of the people close to her. In this way, she is naive, because in the course of protecting her closed ones, she has hurt others, and she doesn't understand if it is the right thing to do. |
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2009-03-18, 20:02 | Link #857 |
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I think there more to this then the new world order view of things. Something they keep not showing is older and or political trying to stop the suasion. So the only recodes is that the younger has to take up the fight but being younger not really having the connection or the info to pull things off. So the younger has to do protest but protest have a bad side to them because there are change for death to occur there by pushing the cause. Simply put this story i think is partly about the older generation not acting causing problems for the younger generation.
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2009-03-18, 21:58 | Link #859 | |
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Except that USian is not a designation that a person with citizenship in the USA would use to describe himself. That term is "American". Citizens of Canada are "Canadians". If you're outside the US, the term can be used differently.
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2009-03-18, 21:59 | Link #860 |
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Well the anime certainly toned it down by several notches, although the emotional impact is considerably heightened!
Spoiler for Comparison to Episode 10 key scene in manga:
I would've been more affected by the sequence if I had any forms of attachment with Suzuri, but I have to confess, her fangirl antics grate on my nerves a bit. My heart goes out to the two girls though, the sudden loss of their friend right in front of their eyes are bound to kick things into really high gear. Last edited by relentlessflame; 2009-03-18 at 22:25. Reason: I'm not sure that we *really* needed that link, but it at least belongs in spoiler tags. |
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